2 Samuel 17:14:112 Sam.17.14.W11TAB

וַיהוָ֣ה

vayehovah

and the LORD

Transliteration
va-ye-ho-VAH
Extended
vah-yeh-ho-VAH
IPA
/vaj.jəhoˈvaː/

Meaning by language

English
and the LORD

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + י + ה + וָ֣ה
va + ye + ho + vah
vayehovah

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-ye-ho-VAH

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-ye-ho-VAH tsi-VA

  3. clause

    va-ye-ho-VAH tsi-VA le-ha-FER et-a-TSAT a-khi-TO-fel hat-to-VA le-va-a-VUR ha-VI ye-ho-VAH el-av-sha-LOM et-ha-ra-A

  4. sentence

    va-YO-mer av-sha-LOM ve-KHOL-ISH yis-ra-EL to-VA a-TSAT khu-SHAI ha-ar-KI me-a-TSAT a-khi-TO-fel va-ye-ho-VAH tsi-VA le-ha-FER et-a-TSAT a-khi-TO-fel hat-to-VA le-va-a-VUR ha-VI ye-ho-VAH el-av-sha-LOM et-ha-ra-A

Exegesis

The causative construction wə-yəh-wāh ṣîvvāh ləhāpēr {וַיהוָה צִוָּה לְהָפֵר | wə-yəh-wāh ṣîvvāh ləhāpēr} ‘and the LORD commanded to frustrate’ employs a Hiphil infinitive construct to express divine nullification of human advice.

In context2 Samuel 17:14

Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel.” The LORD commanded the frustration of Ahithophel’s good counsel in order to bring disaster upon Absalom.

About this coordinate

2 Samuel 17:14:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 2 Samuel 17:14, so the Hebrew word וַיהוָ֣ה (vayehovah) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 2 Sam.17.14.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.17.14.W11.S1) and character.